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Is Congress Planning a Major Assault Against Data Privacy and Digital Rights in April?

Tech Dirt reports on a new bill proposed in the House that would expand the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1984 (CFAA):

So, you know all that talk about things like Aaron's Law and how Congress needs to fix
the CFAA? Apparently, the House Judiciary Committee has decided to
raise a giant middle finger to folks who are concerned about abuses of
the CFAA. Over the weekend, they began circulating a "draft" of a
"cyber-security" bill that is so bad that it almost feels like the
Judiciary Committee is doing it on purpose as a dig at online activists
who have fought back against things like SOPA, CISPA and the CFAA.
Rather than fix the CFAA, it expands it. Rather than rein in the worst
parts of the bill, it makes them worse. And, from what we've heard, the
goal is to try to push this through quickly, with a big effort underway
for a "cyberweek" in the middle of April that will force through a
bunch of related bills. You can see the draft of the bill here . . .